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FLORENCE, OREGON, FRIDAY, Dec
L. IX.
■NERAL D IR EC TO R Y
T R A V E L E R S ’ GUIDE.
TR A V ELER S' GUIDE
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ST A T E O F F IC E R S
S T E A M ER " M I N K / ''
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W ill m ake’*------- o
REGULAR
r of S ate.............H. R. Kincaid.
jr
......... Philip Metchen
blic Instruction.. ..G. M. Irwin.
nter........................ W. IL Leeds
¡General........... C. M. Idleman.
( ................. R. 8. Bean
Court < ...............F. A. Moore
1 ...C . E. Wolverton
cond District. .J. W. Hamilton
Ing Attorney. .Geo. M. Brown
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D A IL Y
JL P H D I3S T E K
in
S T A O K L.INB3.
T R IP S
-----B etw een ------
Florence and Head of Tide.
. H . B a rre tt, P ro p ’r,
Flore nc* Mondays, i.Wcdnes-
d n j-sVfltLErid a y a.
Arrives nt Florence Tuesdays Thurs­
days and Saturdays.
Connects with Steamer and Scotte.
burg Stage Line for Draw. Also with
Stage Line for Coos Buy. Charges
reasonable.
MIENS ON WARSHIPS.
— e ------
JUPERSTITION» WHICH GOVERN OLO
SALTS OF THE NAVY.
P a in ?
W h ic h M a y W o rk A ll
/-> th a B a c k ?
Then probably tho Liineys. ,
t . i th o G h o s t?
I
Then probably the lungs. «
i.i
Sort« o f
M a .t Bo
Evil. ’ on
C a re fu lly
H oard and W h ic h
O oardod A sataat.
Tho T a tto olD « H a b it.
S
The most picturesque superstitions of
the seas are those which govern a mod-
ru man-o’-war. Every old salt iu the
tavy believes in hoodoos and spells
which may work all sorts of evils on
bis ship and must bo carcfnlly guarded
«gainst.
The powers of a ship's hoodoos com­
mence before the ship has entered the
water. It is a generally accepted snper-
R
Itition that if tho first blow which is
iU N T Y O FFICERS-
Crock the keel brings sparks the ship la
destined to suffer from a raking flro
&
from the enemy.
E. Bangs,
Proprietor, i
Tho old time practice of stealing *
piece
of wood and imbedding it iu the
Stage leaves Eugene daily e x - !
f ....... . .. W. T. Bailey
prow for good luck is, of course. Impos­
jbners -<
. H. D. Edwards
sible iu the case of steel ships, though
cept Sundays, at 0 a. nt., arrivin g ;
it is considered lucky to have a piece of
......... E. U. Lee !
at
Florence
the
day
following
stolen wood on board.
Sleeping Cars
. W. W. Withers ■
Another old superstition is satisfied
at 10 a. m.
j Elegant
by placing a silver coin in some crevice
.A. S. Patterson
R eturning-stage leaves F lo r - ;
of tho fighting top of the mainmast or
Willamette St.,
E
D ining Cars
.. ,D. P. Burton
some place below docks where it touches
ence daily, except Sundays at 2
the steel mast. Originally it was a very
Eugene,
foerintemleiit .. W. M. Miller Tourist
common custom to imbed a silver coin,
Sleeping Cars p. ni., arriving in Eugene the day j
Immediately afterapplying it yoa
B}.................. . . . ,C. M. Collier
and preferably a Spanish coin, in the
Lane Co., Ore.
feel its soothing, warmin», strength­
following at 9 p. m.
8 T . PAUL
W. P. Cheshire
wooden steps near the mast.
ening power.
Figureheads have been in high favor
M IN N E A P O L IS
It quiets congestion; draws out
{¡Peace ........ . ..C . H. Holden
inflammation.
with sailors from remote antiquity.
Single
fare
-
-
-
-
85.00
DULUTH
. . . . E. A. Evans
Originally they were carved to repre­
It fa n new plaster.
Round trip - - - - $9.00
FARGO
sent some god or saint. Even today a
O RANO FO R K S
Tickets for sale at E. B angs’
sailor would hesitate to sail on an iron­
TO
A re v combination of new
GRAVE O F PATRICK HEN RY .
clad without such protection.
remedies.
Made after new
CRO O K STO N
00»]
livery barn, Eugene, and a t O. W.
■ T Y O FFIC E R S.
methods. Entirely unlike any
The ceremony of launching a ship is
Gtutrlotto, tor 20 years
k tt la
W IN NIPEG
ether
plaster.
merely
a
concession
to
an
old
supersti­
H u rd ’s office in Florence.
much
W h e r e H e U v e tt.
T'..e Triumph c f Modern Medical
tion. The various formalities of ship
H E L E N A <unt
Every now and then we see in some He wi
Science.
christening
have
been
followed
with
W. H. Weatherson
The Perfected Product of years of
newspaper the query, “ Where is Pat­ who had been
BUT TE
T h e F u n k & W a g n a lls
little variation for tenturies.
Tatient Toil.
trade. They
O. IV. Hurd
In the early days of shipbuilding it rick Henry buried?" and tourists in father, in tol
Placed over tho che’ t it is a
Richmond
constantly
ask
to
be
shown
Win. Kyle
was the custom for the captaiu and tho
powerful rid to Ayer's Cherry Pec­
Trustees
pleasure at
L. Christensen
crew to eat their first meal stowed away his grave, with the mistaken idea that said be oould
toral in tho treatment cf ail throat
TO
M. Morris C H IC A C O
and lung ejections.
in the mold loft. Their meal invariably it is in that city, whore innch of his just as well as
-j.
Of The
riacej evor the stomach, it stops
consisted of eggs and sulphur From public career was passed. Few people
“ U m -m P ’ M id
.John H. Morris W A S H IN G T O N
nausea end vomiting; over the
this custom has come the present day comparatively know that the man who enme to say tl
E N G L IS H LA N G U A G E
acquired the title of “ The Tongue of
bowels, it controls cramps and colic.
P H IL A D E L P H IA
practice
of
providing
cakes
and
wine
piece, bnt I’ll
Placed over the small of Ihe back,
for the crew. And the old libation the Revolution" lies in a quiet grave betwtet those
,G.*C. Campton N E W Y O R K
it removes all congestion from the
COM PLETE
on
the
estate
in
Charlotte
county
where
which the priests used to pour over the
kidneys and greatly etreajtheos
just the right
BO ATun AND A LL
prow of the ship as she slipped into the he formerly lived. Over it is a marble good job, h a t
weakness.
S U C C IE N T
For sale by all Druggists.* -Jk
water has been replaced by the break­ slab inscribed with one line, “ B isfam e be needs, be
P O IN T S E A 8 T nod 8 O U T H
his best epitaph. "
>RET S O C IE T IE S .
J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass.
ing of a bottle of champagne
A U T H O R IT A T IV E
For information, tim ecard., maps and ttekela
The estate lies on Staunton river, 88 eay nothing a
The modern man-of-war dashes into
"If I was
etc., call on or write
from the town of Lynobbnrg, near
IlfcfeUNhlABNhHl&l&Sbh. the water with (lags waving from evory miles
and wanted n
the
border
line
which
separates
Char­
Florence Lodge No. 107.
masthead. In order to gratify this old
R.IW c M u r p h e y ,
know them ’d be so
»r comittmiieation on secouai General Agent.- Rooms 2 and 4, Shelton Block, 301,863 V ocbulary Terms
superstition It has been necessary to ex­ lotte and Campbell counties. It derived
Th ere I t W as.
its namo of Red Hill from the peculiar it without 1
947
Editors
and
Specialists
Saturdays in each month.
EUGENE, OREGON.
It was rumored that tho relatione be­ pend hundreds of dollars for tho chris­ color of the soil in that vicinity. When hammer.
533 Readers for Quotations
O. W. H vbd , W. M.
tween Stubbs, Sr., and hie wife were tening of a single ship. Eut no one be­ Patrick Henry bought the place, it com­
•BntC yl" added
A. D . C H A R L T O N ,
3000 Illustrations
ra, Secretary.
nob of the |ileaeautest, and Johnny grudges this extravagance. In a way it prised about 8,500 scree. The land is | with a snap of
Assistant General Passenger Agent.
is
necessary.
Cost over >960,000
Stubbs had doubtless heard many a .
rich— there was a saying in the ueigb- of a hummer ~
255 Morrison 8t. Cor. 3d.
Appendix of 47,468 Entries
family dispute. Tho father’s strongest: The good or ill Inck of oertain days ; borhood that poor land and Henry could H e ’d have
F o r tle tn c l O r.
is
still
a
belief
among
the
sailors.
Fri­
point against Mrs. Stubbs was that she
never be mentioned together—corn that box
eneral Lyons Post, No. 58
was a Ilickt when he raised her to her day is a day of ill omen, and Bunday is grows there as high as a man on horse­ to it. 1 expect
jnd and fourth Saturdays
usually a lucky day.
present
title.
Mrs.
Stubbs
would
then
i
The full number of words and terms In
at 1:80 p. ><i.
A superstition about women la a relic back ; there is a general air of smiling ahead of Ed all J
Tw enty years
lte sit­
different dictionaries for the entire alphabet is collapse and tearfully rejoin that such a j of tho old belief iu witchcraft. It is fields and abundant prosperity
rrEttPtKLD, Commander.
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remark was all that could be executed 1
uation id early times was very remote of the ¡fvords,
I L. F i ’ esish , Adjutant.
as follows: S tobxonth , 50,000; W orchkster
J . I . B U T T E R F IE L D , P ro p rieto r
thought
that
»woman
by
throwing
sand
from one of the low lived Htnbbses.
.
_
.
-
Neighbors were few, one of the nearest “ made
105,000; W khhtkk (International), 125,000; C en ­
One day Johnny took his fish pole and *u
B’r ou shipboard can produce
the eelebrated John Randolph of er is *tdl
F T o re n o e . O re g o n .
tury , (six volumes.
complete,)
225,000: '*knAi’A")u to-fhe stream that ran near j
«»orms. Not many years ago
Who lived in his ,'hoeeu soli- Yontirig
STANDARD, over 300,000;
'A e house s i boh for eels- Just its he some women who traveled on English
milcs away.
Perpetua Lodge, No. 131,
warships
were
tortured
during
a
stori
was fairly settled down to the sport and
OUR A IM —To furnish tho best j
— -----------------
fi I s now owned by Henry’s
Iry 1st and 3d Saturdays
was exciteu i,y bis first nibble he beard to make them quiet the waves
Members and visiting i accom m odations
A fter y
grandson, W illia m W ir t Houry, a
a
t
reasonable
............Sample
Pages
Free,—
These
barbaric
beliefs,
however,
his mother’s voreo calling loudly for
1 standing are cordially
olever, cultivated gentleman of the O ro H fo r a
pnrtially
compensated
by
the
supeqfli-
1
'
L„J. J. A nderson , M. W.
him to come in.
.
“ old sohool. ” He has iu his possession terms w ith i t
I prices.
“ There it is I" said tho disgusted tion which sailors have held for centu­ some most interesting relics of his oels-1 When
ord«-
ries that beautiful children bring a
yonug
fisherman.
“
The
roinuit
the
ACENTS W A N T E D .
brated grandfather,,^including the desk Harden to tha
Stubbses begin to fish tho Hickses begin blessing to a ship. The Neck waa a 1
ceta Lodge No. llfTmefets
handsome boy with golden curls. It is I »«ways used, w hiih still ooutaius btr
to
holler.
”—New
York
Bunday
World.
o f T id e H otel*
sday evening in Lod^t
said that he is always accompanied by ; letters from Lafayette, Washington,
Oregon. Brothers 1 1 1 r
w
a black lamb and carries with him a 1 Madison and other great men of early
W . W . N E E L Y , P ro p ’r.
P
atablU
hlna
s
Style.
E. D. BRONSON & CO,
Invited to attend.
days; the large, round backed chair in
‘So yon tbiuk you understand the golden harp. Our old salts have especial which Patrick Henry died and a portrait
SOMAS J . B oren , N . G .
Tables
furnished
w
ith
all
the
Pacific
Coast
Agents
confidence
in
a
ship
which
is
christened
H. V asdxrbvko , Sec.
i theory of establishing^ style or fashion
o f him by the elder Sully, under which
by a child.
S A N FRANCISCO , C A L .
I for women, do you?"
delicacies of the season. W ild
The average sailor Is superstitious hangs a yellowed slip of paper, signed
“
I
know
1
do.
I
have
qualified
by
1
9 3 3 M a rk e t S t.
by Chief Justice John Marshall and
game, fish and fru it in season. Best
__ _______ _ I marrying four time«. All you have to about the ringing of the ship’s belli». several others of his friends, testifying we did net
D IR EC TO R Y
’
do is to demonstrate conclusively whati In olden times the bells were blessed to the faithfulness of the likeness.— u u tit one to
accom odations for th e traveling
T '/'h l'l C fhf-1 i l 1
women ought to wear and then lay Iu a ! before they were used. At present, if a
W e had
1 U llo v P l I<XI I a t IU1 O. rtopj, of everything that is the exact mistake is made in striking the boar, Philadelphia Prase.
IAN CHURCH, Florence, public. Charges reasonable.
not go ou board (
the
sailors
insist
tbat
the
bells
at
once
•
«
| opposite of it ,”
bbath service; Sabhatli-
Tbe moon had
Cf course be was engaged without be struck backwards to break the spell, READING SEALED L E T T E R S . out from
tk a. m. Preaching 11
♦ * * * *
* * « * •
7 p. 111. Sacrament of
further parley as a man who understood and if by any ebsnes the wind should A T l.rs ta ■ e e te n tM Shews H o w T h is Mag those <
catch the bells and swing them all the
er on 1st Sabbath of
the sex.—Chicago Post
B a A aaa aip lteh ae.
the Ceylonese I
M A R IO N M O R R IS Pro p.
way around, or if they strike nine bells,
July and October,
It is not generally known tbat sealed tbe outrigger
it is believed that it w ill Le the last of
eicotne to all the services.
H a ir and ’A ir.
letters may in many oases be read with­ and O riental ;
Christians to make Twentv-three
Shaving
.
.
>S <
A baldheaded professor recently de­ that ship.
in .
AU good warships go to tho “ shores out opening the envelope« or doing them ing its auefa
livered
a
lecture
entitled
“
The
Air
We
H
a
ir
C
u
ttin
g
.
.
38
I. G. K notts , Pastor.
got on tbe qn
M iles W est
Breathe" before uu East London audi­ of Fiddler's G reen''as a final resting tbe least injury. It was discovered by a
Razor Honed .
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ence. In the course of his remarks bo place. Just where this mythical harbor German physiologist by tbe use of an lin er went by
of Eugene. Scissors
Ground
.
.
>5
said, “ It is quite impossible for any is situated no geographer has yet decid­ embryoecopo, or egg glass, tbat the lights glearni
ed. It is in every way the antithesis of shells of eggs were of very nnoqnal I i t passed ont
person to live without air. ’’
rO R N E Y S
of the I
O re g o n .
At this a small boy called ont, " ’Ow “ Davy Jones’ looker." A worship thiuknoss.
It occurred to him to make expert-' ena, standing straight «
which goes down in battle with her
ON EUGENE AND
about yerself. guv’ucr?” —Tit-Bits.
flagc flying, as occurred several times ments iu order to ascertain bow many ‘ and it waa as b rìi
WOODCOCK,
A B orm aM School.
FLORENCE
during the civil war, goes to "Fiddler's leaves of ordinary letter or official pa- : as we had bren lod l
per mast be laid above aud below a
The uproar was like tbat of a run­ Green."
STAGE
ROUTE.
“Atl Bai
away engine tearing through u tunnel.
The tattooing habit is, of course, very written leaf iu order to muku it Illegible
M A D E and R E P A IR E D .
The floor was littered with yonngsters commou in the navy. It ts believed that to a highly sensitive eye In tho d irect'
A naval off
lying on their stomachs, and all bawl­ an arm or a leg decorated with the de­ sunlight He ioaud that after be bad realistic “ A ll
O re g o n
-----BY------
ing with an energy indicative that sign of a gun or a sword or some such rested l)is eye in a dark room for 10 or I drill: “ Two
Money Saved
and 9 McLaren’« Building,
somebody was hurting them. Long, design w ill never be lost In battle.— 10 winntes he cold rcad-apiece of writ- j been peteed
^ v e u to collection« an# pro-
By
slim, scratched upon slips of palm leaf, Bon Francisco Call.
Ing over tho mirror of the embryoscopg 1 from lte
the equivalent of books in Burma,
that had been covered with eight layers m in ate lai
m o re n o e , O re g o n ,
Patronizing it.
A K m U C to p l*.
of paper.
«
were spread before the scholars. Making
:
:
:
t
t
t
»
Dunwich,
Moroton
bay,
Queensland,
POTTER.
the lads shout U the approved method
He called in other ebaerrers to con­
elementary instruction. When the consists of about 1,000 inhabitants. Iu firm thia The lettega, however, that
Prop. Good W’ork Done at Reasonable Prices. of
rney-at-Law.................... Geo. Hale
master discovers any lagging iu lung four years there have only been two con hl thus be dcciflmrwl uwvo written
exercise, a long switch begins to sing births and two deaths.
In dark ink tut ono side of the paper i
INE, OREGON,
L ife I . Colorado.
There are no streets, no omnihnses or only. It fonr written side» were folded
through the air QuieL serious study ts
A
person
in
this
country
no
sooner
trains,
no
soldiers,
no
police,
no
shops.
j the Court Houae.
explixled. The Burmese educationists
together, aud especially U there bad
N O TA R IES.
_
gets through shoveling oo«l and carry­ arguo that so long as a l.iy ts shouting There is a beautiful theater,*nnd every been crossing, it was bard to make out command ‘ku
boats are hnule(Xuwu>
ing out the ashes than he has to sprinkle his mind is occupied. When lie tssilent, one is admitted free. Clothes are free, tho drift of the writing, aud there are
his grass and push the lawn mower. be is certain to bo scheming mischief. aud so are food and lodging.^ \jgty few some kind« of writing which, when dred feet from tne do»
BENEDICT,
A. R. BUTTOLPH,
1 Tho mare coel he shovels the more ashes Therefore the best shouters are the best do any work, aud there am no hotels folded twice or thrice, admit too little she rides without a bn.
her. often, when t b e .
1 be carries, and the more water he »quirts pupils.—Travel.
Very little money la required, aud med
light for the purpose of decipherment.
J k T - L o A 'W .
through in mido
ical attendainx- is free.
the harder he baa to pash the lawn
Iu this way possibly many of the per- landsman would i
; mower. It is ever thus.—Longmont
There is a lockup, but that is net formanceeof “ clairvoyants” may be. ex­
“ Then the w ord'
: Oregon.
I (Colo. J Ledger.
Kpanish officer» an well as men gener­ used. There is also a poetotih-e. und if plained. By means of the egg glues it and within 4
abort
of
money
the
letters
are
stamped
ally
incline
to
cruelty
and
treachery
ta, m a rule, easier to make act the con­ all band« i
O rm so n .
What Sh. Waa Dolnc-
Here 1« a story m point, told by an ex­ free. There is also a free hospital and tents of tetter or telegram without tbe but every boat has b
“ You seo, Phyllis had to stop to fix cellent authority:
library.— London Tit-Bits.
slightest tatuperlu.q w ith the envelope! «uvita,
"'» O N .
♦
her hair"—
“ In Alcala, ihe Guardia Civil—that
than i t is to detect the movement« of
“ Arrange, child; not fix. Fix menu» is, one of the crack troop«—was after a
Hto
I ho embryo in tbe egg
robber band, rine of the robbers was
Bhlppen Clark (to his employer, leav-
to make f a s t "
SapjMne the w rite r of a billet, tbe
“ Weil, that's what sho was doing. It caugbt Being pr, mimed a full pardon, ing tha office >—Ok, Mr By.tem, h avtn 'l conteute of which ate known only to
R E G O N was coming loosa.
Indianapolis Jour­ he gave away his ixsnradca This man you forgotten your umbrella? It • ruitt- Itlu ra lf, lets I t out of his baud and loses
had no sooner signed the paper that ing.
nal.
sight of tt for five m inutes I t may be
served os his d>-ath warrant for his late
Mr. System—Can't help It. I bar»
According to the authority of an friend« wiien the officer in charge said, made a resoluiion 10 have one here aud readily carried either into the insect visited a
English magazine Great Britain con­ * W . w ill begin with him. * The robber one at home, to provide fur »11 emer- sunlight or Into electric or magnetdnm
trols 21 out of every IDO squsre miles was immediately shot iu the back of his genci«« Now, ii I take this one, they ’U lig h t and be read by the aid of ‘tbe egg
placing of a piece of car- ing thorn
of the earth's surface and »4 out of
'■ V
in the envelope or the col­
ew ry IllO aqnare mils« of
irg ia
-The
oring of it black is a means of defense “ Yua,
;p»t North und South Aiuem-a.
lu 18*0 Japan was visited by a terri­
\
S
^
t
hand.
ble epidemic of smsllpos, winch alti
mantel
decimated Yokohama. Va
''bere Is an S u ìu im u
I at Limon,
IhI« M»'» U> n isn re. nur Im-I«»»- in ' wir »,
made compulsory in 189#
' 'loo. I t is called i
«p<1 nrarl.y remote«. It I. »«I«'« »«9 r wn
reixtocte»! »t home. “« ’.»» «traleht •» •
sre «iid to
<w se»t in th e e
v e r «nS esi»en»e«—AeSnl»». hr.»«8He.
r..
that pockmarked fa
j nn iem «USh Mnnlhlr «7« pf<e-».»^-. I
ri.». wlí»uMre««.A «t»m.r ( »nvn|»pe^B»F
X jw eu iH>aMsu.
» . »S te. FlCSL. DSU» M.
Ä J
ORTHERN
Pacific, Ry.
EUGENE-FLORENCE ;
STAGE LIN E.
th a J o in ts ?
Then probably rheumatism. N,
Ho matter where it is, nor what
kind; you need have it no longer.
It may be an hour, a day, or a
year old; it must yield to
Dp. Ay CP’S
C h erry
pectoral
Master
1....
WE DEFY COM!
RESPE!
J. V. KAU]
I
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T H R O U G H TICK ETS S tandard
MORRIS
D ictionary
HOTEL,
E l k P r a i r i e H o te l.
Florenoe,
>y a t Law,
O LE MYRIND,
Cram I Spaniards.
Notary Public, Surveyor
ILIC.
It is
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